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Go, walk about Zion and measure the length, Her walls and her bulwarks mark well; Contemplate her palaces, glorious in strength, Her towers and their pinnacles tell. Then say to your children:—“Our stronghold is tried, This God is our God to the end; His people for ever his counsels shall guide, His arm shall for ever defend.”

Go, walk about Zion and measure the length, Her walls and her bulwarks mark well; Contemplate her palaces, glorious in strength, Her towers and their pinnacles tell. Then say to your children:—“Our stronghold is tried, This God is our God to the end; His people for ever his counsels shall guide, His arm shall for ever defend.”

Approximate author period: c. 1812 AD · industrial

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James Montgomery
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Approximate author period: c. 1812 AD · industrial
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A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)

Page 705 · printed citation: James Montgomery · subject: ZION

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